For Star subscribers: Tucson had never felt that way about a basketball team — about any team.
Greg Hansen By early June 1988, Tucson's Network West sports production firm pre-sold about 2,000 copies of"Memories '88" for $29.99 each — roughly $75 in today’s dollars."Memories '88" is a 95-minute movie about Arizona’s 1987-88 basketball season produced, directed and written by Tucson sports TV host and emcee Dana Cooper and narrated by CBS Hall of Fame sportscaster Ray Scott.
It became the most memorable season in Tucson sports history, a year in which a basketball team coached by Lute Olson and led by Sean Elliott and Kerr captured Tucson’s hearts and imagination. Olson, Kerr and Elliott became the three most recognizable sports figures in UA history, which remains true today.
"The intangibles for the '88 team revolve around the impact on the Tucson community, nationally establishing Arizona as an equal to Eastern and Midwest basketball and creating a national identity of Tucson as a legitimate resort and winter destination. On that emotional night, the Wildcats won 66-59. In"Memories '88," Cooper programmed Billy Joel’s hit record"Pressure" to describe the intensity. It was a perfect fit.By year’s end, sophomore guard Harvey Mason wrote and produced a popular video,"Wild About the Cats," watched by more than 87,000 on YouTube since 2011 alone. Sings Kerr:"I’ll drill it in from 3-point land.
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